Herbert W.H. Hundrich
1951 born in Wittmund, Germany
since 1981 freelancer, artist
lived since 1986 in France, Paris, Bourgogne + Bretagne / since 1992 – 2007 in Spain. Since 2007 main studio in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
longtermprojects: USA, India, Nepal, Ladakh and the Republic of the Seychelles
member of: Sculpture Network, VG Wort, Bild Kunst, writers + Artists‘ Association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
1994 „The Ocean“ Lexicon of Art, Thieme – Becker, E.A.Seemann Leipzig Volume VI. Art and Religion. Germany 2000 EXPO – 2000, The German Pavilion, Norddeutsche Landesbank, Germany / 2001- 2005 Loans to the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Embassy in Madrid, Spain / 2014 „the thin red line“ Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany: Invitation Art on Public Building Competition / 2016 – 2018 artistic design of 3 floors, ZAG Hannover, Germany / 2018 „iLlegal housings“ Biennale of Architecture Veneice. GAA Foundation + European Cultural Council, Italy / 2019 Invitation to the WATER EVENT by Yoko Ono, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany Peace is Power, the sculpture „I have digged a lake out I./ 2019“ / 2020 -21 W.I.R. / 5 churches project, Curator, international exhibition project, Mecklenburg, Germany / 2021 „the ocean begins under your feet I. “ 17. Biennale of Architecture Venice. GAA Foundation + European Cultural Council, Italy, Sponsored by Ministry of Culture, Mecklenburg, Germany / 2022 Venice, experimental Video and Performing Art Festival 2022 opening night, 59th Venice Biennale of Art, Itsliquid Group / „the panic room “ ApuliaAste, RenovArt Video Screening,Matera, Italy „The Wall” Dialog HongKong + Germany, Somos Arts Berlin, Germany / “ die Baustelle”, exhibtitionptoject in 7 chapters, Kultur Denkmal Mestlin, Germany
International grants 2018 / 20/21 Artist in Residence, Palmyra Sculpture Garde, Islas Baleares, Spain / 1990 New Art Program, Kutztown, P.A., USA / 1989 Yellow Springs Institute, Chesterfield, P.A.,USA / 1986 Mac Dowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H., USA / 1985 Cité International des Arts, Paris – Land Niedersachsen
public collections/selection John Flaxman Library, Art Institute Chicago, USA / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, N.H., USA Chateau de Lesvault, Onlay, F / Palmyra Sculpture Parc, Ses Roques, Islas Baleares, Spain / Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany / Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany / Stiftung Niedersachsen, Ministerium des Landes Niedersachsen, Germany / Krupp – Stiftung Essen, Germany / Fughafengesellschaft Hannover-Langenhagen / Stadt Hannover, Germany / Stadt Bergen, Germany / Stadt Parchim, Germany / ZAG Stiftung „Pro Chance“ Hannover, Germany / Norddeutsche Landesbank: Hannover, Hamburg, Bad Harzburg Landesbank Saar, Germany Associazione Venice Calls, Venice, Italy
Landart / selection 2000 AQUA I. – 13 days water, Installation, Esporles, Mallorca / 1998 111 stones, Cala Sa Calobra, Mallorca / 1995 The Inner Islands, Republique des Seychelles/ 1991 the mountain path, Leh – Ladakh, Indien / 1989 TEMPS, Pont du Raz, Bretagne / WaterpaintsWater I., Pont du Raz, Bretagne / 1987 White Sculpture and Early Morning Walk, N.H., USA / 1986 Long Distance Walk, – Catherine Pouzet (dance), Chateau des Lesvault, Onlay, France
Projects and sculptures in public space
2022 “only the dead” outside wall installation, Kultur Denkmal Mestlin, Germany / 2021 Associazione Venice Calls, Italy + Palmyra Sculpture Garden, Islas Baleares, Spain / 2019 Sculpture garden Installation, Palmyra Sculpture Parc, Isla Baleares, Spain / 2018 iLlegal housing, Palmyra Sculpture Parc, Ses Roques, Islas Baleares, Spain / We are here/iLlegal housing. Sta. Ponca, Spain + St. Marienkirche Parchim, Germany / 2014 II. Moon, Schlosspark Pansevitz, Rügen, Germany / „I remember, so I am“ II. + III. / Kulturforum PampinerHof, Pampin, Germany / 2013 Speakers Corner – that’s your place, Cityhall, City of Parchim, Germany / 2012 Tsunami económico, Incart, Can Monroig, Inca, Spain / 2011 Dialog / Transformation, Landart Project, Kulturforum PampinerHof, Germany / 2010 Stonework II, Palmyra Sculptur Centre, Establiments, Mallorca, Spain / 2009 Subjets VII. Sculptureinstallation, Federal Garden Show, Schwerin + Parchim, Germany / „I remember, so I am“ /Anne Frank Memory – Cityhall, City of Bergen / 2006 The WoodHouse, Ludwig-Windthorst-Haus, Lingen / 2005 Anne Frank Friedenstage, 3-parted sculpture installation, City of Bergen, Germany 7 / 1997 1 + 1 = 3 , 3-part sculpture group, Granit, Airport Hannover-Langenhagen, Germany
Projects and single shows 2021 Ortszeit II. Boltenhagen / Construction site. Germany, Kulturdenkmal Mestlin, Germany / „the ocean begins under your feet“, LED Lightinstallation, Project´s space Parchim, Germany + European Culture Centre / Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy / 2020 W.I.R. I. / 2020 Kurator + Künstler im 5 Kirchenprojekt der Ruhner Berge / I have a dream, LED lightinstallation, Village church in Drefahl, exterior facade, Germany / C19 / Corona project. Kulturdenkmal Mestlin + Ruderhaus Schwerin, MV, Germany / Days of innocence, Zentrum für Zirkuläre Kunst, Lübz, Germany / 2019 Where have all the flowers gone? Participative, cross-party art project for the World Day of Peace / Democracy in Motion, Parchim, Germany / I am landscape./ landscape projekt in 5 chapters, Kulturforum PampinerHof, MV, Germany / 2018 Seven Days. Sineu, Islas Baleares, Spain / „iLlegal housing“ Centre cultural Andratx, CCA, Islas Baleares, Spain / 3rd. Floor, right side, ZAG Foundation, Hannover, Germany
2016 „We can do it“ project with young refugees, Kulturforum PampinerHof, Germany / 3rd. Floor, left side, ZAG Foundation, Hannover, Germany / 2015 Two Floors, 4th and 5th Floor, ZAG Foundation, Hannover, Germany / 2013 Tsunami económico II., Incart, Can Monroig, Inca, Spanien, / 2012 Democracy/human rights, school projects, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Schwerin, Gernany / Time and space V. – Palmyra Sculpture Centre, Establiments, Spanien / 2011 To whom it may concern, the Fukushima-Parchim Project, Parchim, Germany / 2010 Night and Day, Palmyra Sculpture Centre, Establiments, Spanien / 2009 The colour yellow, Sparkasse Parchim-Lübz, Parchim, Germany / 2008 In principle of the dialogue, VGH insurances, galerie Hannover, Germany / 2006 The WoodHouse Project, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Harvey Wösten, Hannover, Dokumentation / 2005 Anne Frank Friedenstage. Stadt Bergen, KAS, Hannover u. Anne Frank Stiftung, Basel / 2004 SaarLB Forum, Saarbrücken / 2000 Canto del Sol. Gesamtkunstwerk, Siegel von Wangenheim, Palma de Mallorca, Spanien / 1998 The Earthroom – Gesamtkunstwerk, Kreissparkasse Hannover, Germany / Sendas de Sueño – Gesamtkunstwerk, Galeria de Arte, Palma de Mallorca, Spanien / 1993 Der Ozean – Gesamtkunstwerk, ecumenical church project Hannover, Germany / European Cultural Festival, Rabat, Morocco/ 1992 AL BAHR, International Art Symposium, Antalya, Turkey / 1991 Kubus-Hannover – Galerie BWA, Posznan, Poland – Galerie Marghescu, Hannover / 1990 TERR’T’IELL – Gesamtkunstwerk, Dom zu Brandenburg, German Democratic Republic / 1986/90 Zyklus TEMPS – AusstellungsRegieTheater, Hanomag-Hannover, Germany / Pont du Raz, Bretagne, France, The Yellow Springs Institute, Chesterfield, PH., USA / 1987 Galerie Marghescu, Hannover, Germany / 1985 In the principle of dialogue II – urban landscape / installation, cube – Hanover, Germany